Thread: Just gotta vent a little....

I hold my temper fairly well But I would've had that kid by the collar, pulling him out through the window and unto the street on his back! I don't suffer such idiots well! I guess a little of my father is still a part of me. Oh well.

Glad your okay!

Would these disrespectful teenagers behave like this if they knew our hobbies involve blades that are sharp enough to remove body parts in a flash?

Hey Smokeley,

I love it! I was that kid when I was 16! My first car was a 64 Austin Healey Sprite. One time while driving around Bridgeport like a mental case I cut a Cadillac off and the driver of the caddy blew his horn. I flipped him the finger and called him a few colorful words. Of course my top was down and he heard everything I said. At the next traffic light he jumped out and before I even realized what was happening, the big Italian guy in a very nice suit was pulling me out of my car by my throat. I was suspended in the air with my feet about two feet above the driver seat of my little sports car. The guy told me his girlfriend was upset and if I didn't go apologize he would "twist my head off." I apologized.

It turned out the guy was mobbed up and I could have been finished that day. One day your little friend will run his mouth to the wrong cat.

Hey, what town was this in?

Brad

Originally Posted by icedog

Hey Smokeley,

I love it! I was that kid when I was 16! My first car was a 64 Austin Healey Sprite. One time while driving around Bridgeport like a mental case I cut a Cadillac off and the driver of the caddy blew his horn. I flipped him the finger and called him a few colorful words. Of course my top was down and he heard everything I said. At the next traffic light he jumped out and before I even realized what was happening, the big Italian guy in a very nice suit was pulling me out of my car by my throat. I was suspended in the air with my feet about two feet above the driver seat of my little sports car. The guy told me his girlfriend was upset and if I didn't go apologize he would "twist my head off." I apologized.

It turned out the guy was mobbed up and I could have been finished that day. One day your little friend will run his mouth to the wrong cat.

Hey, what town was this in?

Brad

Thanks for that story!

You did the right thing. Most of the other options may have ended in jail time.

Walk away from trouble. If it chases after you then defend yourself. A black kid back in my home town shot a white kid back in the 60's. Everyone was upset and ready for a stiff sentence, but the witnesses all said the black kid ran from these white punks for several blocks before he finally was cornered. Only then did he pull out a pistol and shoot. He didn't go to jail.

You did handle it well. As satisfying as it would have been to drag him out of his car and beat some sense into him, it could have landed you in jail. Or he might've shot/stabbed you.

From a self defense pov, your reaction was really the best. He did not actually try to attack you and he did brake. He was just a wannabe thug, talking trash.

One day he will talk trash to the wrong person, and then he will discover the hard way that it was a bad idea. In the meantime, you avoided a potentially dangerous confrontation, and get to see your wife and kids again.